VICTORA: Daily News staff share what they're grateful for

By WENDY VICTORA / Daily News

Published: Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 05:27 PM.

For almost as many years as I’ve been the Sunday columnist, I’ve had a “grateful column” sometime around Thanksgiving.

I’ve written about all of the small things I appreciate in my life — cool fall air pouring through the open window, cuddling with my kids, the guilty pleasure of enjoying Christmas carols on the radio even though it’s not Thanksgiving yet.

But this year I decided to expand my grateful column to include the people around me.

So, I stood up, walked around the newsroom and asked everyone I could find to tell me what they’re grateful for.

Here are their thoughts, along with a little description so you know who I’m talking about.

I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

“I’m grateful for the kids in my house. And you know what I’m really grateful for? That one of the mothers has a new wonderful job, rented a new home and has totally changed her life so we can get her child home before Christmas. She chose me and her child to have Thanksgiving with.”

—Tracey Steele, military publications editor and foster mom

“I’m grateful to have a day off. I’m grateful my sister will be in town. I’m grateful to have a roof over my head, because otherwise I’d be homeless (thanks Mom and Dad), and I’m grateful the Daily News is letting me shop this year.”

For almost as many years as I’ve been the Sunday columnist, I’ve had a “grateful column” sometime around Thanksgiving.

I’ve written about all of the small things I appreciate in my life — cool fall air pouring through the open window, cuddling with my kids, the guilty pleasure of enjoying Christmas carols on the radio even though it’s not Thanksgiving yet.

But this year I decided to expand my grateful column to include the people around me.

So, I stood up, walked around the newsroom and asked everyone I could find to tell me what they’re grateful for.

Here are their thoughts, along with a little description so you know who I’m talking about.

I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

“I’m grateful for the kids in my house. And you know what I’m really grateful for? That one of the mothers has a new wonderful job, rented a new home and has totally changed her life so we can get her child home before Christmas. She chose me and her child to have Thanksgiving with.”

—Tracey Steele, military publications editor and foster mom

“I’m grateful to have a day off. I’m grateful my sister will be in town. I’m grateful to have a roof over my head, because otherwise I’d be homeless (thanks Mom and Dad), and I’m grateful the Daily News is letting me shop this year.”